Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene

Required Dental Hygiene Courses

DENT 307	Medical Emergencies in
		Dental Practice				3 cr
DENT 308	Oral Histology and
		Embryology				2 cr
DENT 309	Oral Pathology				2 cr
DENT 311	Tooth Morphology			2 cr
DENT 312	Head and Neck Anatomy			3 cr
DENT 313	Clinical Dental Hygiene I		2 cr
DENT 313C	Clinical Dental Hygiene I,
		Clinic					3 cr
DENT 314	Clinical Dental Hygiene II		2 cr
DENT 314C	Clinical Dental Hygiene II,
		Clinic					3 cr
DENT 315	Preventive Dentistry			2 cr
DENT 316	Dental Materials and
		Office Procedures			2 cr
DENT 317	Oral Roentgenology I			1 cr
DENT 318	Oral Roentgenology II			2 cr
DENT 319	Pre-clinical Expanded
		Functions				3 cr
DENT 320	Local Anesthesia			2 cr
DENT 321	Introduction to
		Periodontology				2 cr
DENT 401	Research Methodology			3 cr
DENT 402	Periodontology				3 cr
DENT 403	Clinical Dental Hygiene III		2 cr
DENT 403C	Clinical Dental Hygiene III,
		Clinic					4 cr
DENT 404	Clinical Dental Hygiene IV		2 cr
DENT 404C	Clinical Dental Hygiene IV,
		Clinic					4 cr
DENT 405	Special Procedures			1 cr
DENT 406	Oral Health Care for
		Patients with Special Needs		1 cr
DENT 408	Ethics and Jurisprudence		2 cr
DENT 409	Communication and Behavior
		Management in Dentistry			1 cr
DENT 410	Community Dental Health			3 cr
DENT 411	Expanded Functions I			2 cr
DENT 411C	Expanded Functions I, Clinic		1 cr
DENT 412	Expanded Functions II			2 cr
DENT 412C	Expanded Functions II, Clinic		1 cr

DENT 330C	Summer Interim Clinic			2 cr
DENT 420	Dental Hygiene Specialty
		Emphasis				2 cr
DENT 481-482	Independent Problems
		in Dental Hygiene			1-6 cr
DENT 499	Special Procedures Clinic		3 cr

PHAR 314	Basic and Applied Pharm-
		acology for Dental Hygiene		3 cr

DENT 201	Principles of Dental Hygiene		2 cr
HCA 110		Introduction to
		Allied Health Professions		2 cr
DENT 299	Introduction to the Dental
		Office (Elective)			2 cr
ENGL 101	English Composition			3 cr
ENGL 201	Critical Reading and Writing		3 cr
SPCH 101	Principles of Speech
		(satisfies Goal 2)			2 cr
PSYC 111	Introductory Psychology I
		(satisfies Goal 12)			3 cr
SOC 101		Introduction to Sociology
		(satisfies Goal 12)			3 cr
BIOS 101	General Zoology				3 cr
		AND
BIOS 102	General Zoology Laboratory		1 cr
		(BIOS 101 and BIOS 102
		satisfies Goal 4)
BIOS 221	Introductory Microbiology		3 cr
BIOS 223	Introductory Microbiology
		Laboratory				4 cr
BIOS g301	Anatomy and Physiology			4 cr
BIOS g302	Anatomy and Physiology			4 cr
CHEM 107	Essentials of Chemistry			5 cr
		AND
CHEM 108	Essentials of Organic and
		Biochemistry				5 cr
		(satisfies Goal 5)
HEC 239		Nutrition				3 cr
MATH 111	Algebra or competency exam		4 cr
MATH 252	Introduction to Statistics
		(satisfies Goal 3)			3 cr